Ton-up Lallana delighted with Liverpool’s progress

ADAM Lallana brought up his Liverpool century and admitted “time flies when you’re having fun”.

The 2-1 win over West Brom at Anfield was Lallana’s 100th appearance for the Reds, a notable landmark for the former Southampton player.

Having i nitially struggled for consistency under Brendan Rodgers, the 28-year-old is now a cornerstone of the Jurgen Klopp regime.

The German’s all-energy approach has played to the England international’s strengths and he is relishing linking up with the likes of Philippe Coutinho, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.

“Time flies when having fun and doing what you love,” said Lallana.

“I’m just delighted to be playing in a team that’s doing well.

“When I first joined it was a different manager and lots of different personnel but football clubs move on.

“Looking at the squad, we’ve got dynamic players, technical players, quick players, clever players . . . on another day it could have been three or four nil against West Brom.

“We work for each other and we’ve just got to be consistent. But we did enough to get the win.”

The Reds have now taken 17 of the last 21 points on offer and have established themselves among the Premier League pace-setters.

But one man who knows plenty about lifting trophies, West Brom’s former Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher, poured a dash of cold water on title talk.

“I think they’ll be one of the teams — they’re doing alright,” said the Scotland international.

“Whether they can go and win the league remains to be seen. Obviously they’ve started the season well but there’s a long way to go.”